Thank You!

Hi everyone,

It is time for another The Pink Elephant challenge. This week the challenge is a theme one …. Be Thankful!

I used the new MFT Stamps “Apple For You” stamp set which is from the new Pure Innocence range. I just love these new stamps so much!!!!!!

The layout of my card is from Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch challenge MTSC45.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Apple For You – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Red; Green; DP – October Afternoon

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Oval Punch; MS Embossed Scallop Border Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Mrs Claus!

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

It has been a number of weeks since I have played along with the sketch challenge on SCS. However I did get a chance to play along this week, just didn’t get around to uploading it.

I used Alota Rubber Stamp’s “Ms Claus” to create my card. I also used the Winter Wonderland cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the bottom of my dark green base panel and the swiss dots embossing folder for the top portion of my card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Ms Claus – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Red; Dark Green; DP

Other: Black Ink; Swiss Dots & Winter Wonderland Cuttlebug Embossing Folders; Christmas Tree Brads; Copics

Skating By To Say Hi!

Greetings everyone!

Welcome to another challenge with the Crazy 4 Challenges girls!

This week begins a new challenge month which means we have a new hostess for our challenges, which is ME! I hope you enjoy this months challenges as much as you have the past couple of months challenges.

My challenge this week is to create an Easel Card. If you haven’t seen these before you can find the directions on how to create one of these here and here.

November also brings a new Sponsor and this month the sponsor is Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

For my card today I used Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps new “Ozzie & Harriet” stamp … aren’t they just an adorable couple! I also used my new favorite snow designer paper …. yes I have used this DP a few times in the past week, hope you aren’t sick of it cause I am not LOL! I most definitely have to get more of it.

I used the distressed snow cuttlebug embossing folder to add texture to both peach panels. The sentiment is attached to one of Spellbinders Fancy Tags die and this is what holds my easel card up.

Here is a close up of the inside of my card. The sentiment is from Our Craft Lounge’s Snowy Sayings … this sentiment worked so well with the image that I used.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the C4C Designers cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog.

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Lynda Benden
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Recipe:

Stamps: Ozzie & Harriet – Kraftin Kimmie Stamps; Snowy Sayings Our Craft Lounge

Paper: White; Blue; Peach; Burgundy; DP - Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Spellbinders Fancy Tags; Circle Nestabilities; MS Snowflake Punch; Distressed Snow Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Swarovski Crystals; Foam Tapes; Copics

 

Waiting For Mr Right!

Hi everyone,

My card today uses one of the new Hanna Stamps sets that are available to order now.

This one is from the set “Waiting For Mr Right” I paper pieced Hanna’s dress using the same designer paper I used for the background of the card. I cut my sentiment apart so that I could stamp it in two lines rather than one.

Recipe:

Stamps: Waiting For Mr Right – Hanna Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Red; Designer Paper – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Black Brads; Circle Nestabilities; Oval Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Tempting Textures!

It is Elzybells challenge time over on the Elzybells Art Stamps blog. This week the challenge was Tempting Textures - use various textures / materials and /or ribbons somewhere on your card.

I used Elzybells new “Winter Couple” and “Warmest Greetings” to create my card today. I also used the snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder to add texture to the base card and also my scorpal to add score lines to the bottom part of my card. Snowflakes & Brads for added texture, as well as a border punch and grosgrain ribbon. I think this card has heaps of texture hehe.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the design team created for this challenge.

• Charlene Austin
• Jeanne Streiff
• Michelle Short
• Stephanie Mayne

Recipe:

Stamps: Winter Couple & Warmest Greetings – Elzybells Art Stamps

Paper: White; Burgundy; Green; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Snowflake Punch; MS Border Punch; Scorpal; Modern label Tag; Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

Have a Cool Yule & Hop Around The Block!

Happy MFT release day everyone and welcome to my blog. It time to join the MFT Stamps Design Team for another "Hop Around the Block".

The hop started at Kim's (MFT Lady) blog so if you didn’t start from there you may want to head over there now so that you can start at the beginning of the hop. You don't want to miss anything and believe me there is lots to see!

Before I get onto my projects today ... this month's promo for the first 50 customers is Memento Dew Drop Collection, week 19! color: Rich Cocoa

The stamp set I am featuring today is “Cool Yule” which is just one of the 10 stamp sets that MFT Stamps is releasing today.

For my first project using this set I decided to make an advent calendar. This started out as a chipboard clipboard which I picked up recently from a shopping trip. I covered the clipboard with my designer paper. I stamped the penguins on my white card using black ink, and edged this piece with the Drippy Goo Border Punch.

I die cut two jumbo snowflakes and attached them to the centre of my clipboard and added glitter glue to the snowflakes. I punched out the numbers using a circle punch….. and yes it is only 51 days till Christmas … yikes!!!!!!!!

I wanted to add “Days Til Christmas” to my clipboard but wasn’t sure how I was going to do it with the clip part of the clipboard in the way. So I decided to create a little box to cover up the clip portion and added the wording using my computer to print out the wording.

Andy finally I decided to create a card. This time round I stamped the penguin and masked this and then stamped the iceblock so it appeared that the penguin was stamping on the iceblock. I used my oval nestabilities for the layers of the image.

Well that is enough from me for today … it’s time to continue on our hop around the block. This time you will be heading on over to Amy Sheffer's blog. Enjoy the rest of the hop and thanks for dropping by!

Recipe:
Stamps: Cool Yule – MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Pink; Blue; DP - Kaisercraft
Other: Black Ink; MS Snowflake Punch; Cuttlebug Snowflake Die; Circle Punch; MS Drippy Goo Border Punch; Jewel Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

A Snowy Snuggle!

Hi everyone

Today the Prettie Girls are combining our normal Paper Pretties Weekly Challenge & Blog Hop with a belated birthday party for one of our newer Prettie Girls .... Heather Lee-Reppen.

Happy Belated Birthday Heather!!!!!!!!!

If you didn't hop onto my blog via Christi Thorsen's blog then you might want to hop back over to the very start of the blog hop which is at Christie Ortman's blog.

This week the challenge is a sketch challenge, and you all know how much I love sketch challenges hehe. I decided to use Paper Pretties Snowy Snuggles stamp set to create my card this week. Love this stamp set!

I used the distressed snow cuttlebug embossing folder to create the texture to my peach panel. The snowflakes were punched out and then I added a crystal to the centre of each one.

Want to play along with us
How to Enter: Create a card using the sketch above and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload your project to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC76.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuesday, November 10th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Paper Pretties Design team to see what they came up with for this challenge.

Christie Ortman

Julie Masse

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski

Christi Thorsen

Frances Byrne (you are here!)

Wendy Bond

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

Heather Lee-Reppen (don't forget to wish Heather a belated Happy Birthday when you get there!)

Now to finish off the hop you need to head on over to Wendy Bond's blog to see what she has created for this week’s challenge

Recipe:
Stamps: Snowy Snuggles – Paper Pretties
Paper: White; Burgundy; Peach; Sage; DP - Kaisercraft
Other: Black Ink; Snowflake Punch; Distressed Snow Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Burgundy Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Wrapped In Love Birthday Book!

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog.

Today I have another MFTeaser to share with you all. This time round I am featuring the new “Wrapped with Love” stamp set which will be released by MFT Stamps this coming Wednesday 4th November.

This is such a versatile stamp set as it can be used for birthdays, Christmas or any other occasion that you would give a present. There are a number of different bows that you can add to the present, plus extra presents too if you want them. And also sentiments to suit many different occasions.

I decided to create a birthday book using this set. I created a couple of others earlier in the year so decided I would create another to give as a gift for Christmas.

Here is a close up of my image, I paper pieced the dress the girl is wearing. The "Birthday Book” sentiment was created using the word Birthday from one of the sentiments in this set and the word Book from the I Heart Books set.

Check these Designers blogs to see more fun samples: Barbara, Cindy Haffner, Jessica Rone, Susan Liles, Jody Morrow, Kirsten DuBosque, Kim van der Sanden, Joanne Basile, Natalie Dever and Guest Designer Melody Rupple.

Recipe:

Stamps: Wrapped In Love & I Heart Books – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Pink; Designer Paper

Other: Black Ink; Long Rectangle Nestabilities; Oval Punches; Pink Grosgrain Ribbon; Candy Dots; Bind It All; Foam Tape; Copics

For You!

Hi everyone

Today I have another MFTeaser to share with you all. My card uses “Gifty Girl” which is one of the new stamp sets that will be released by MFT Stamps this coming Wednesday 4th November.

This stamp set was previously available as part of a MFT Kit, if you missed out on the kit but wanted to purchase the stamp set you will now be able to. I paper pieced the dress and bags on the image.

The layout of the card using the Weekend Sketch Challenge WSC103 from 23rd October.

Recipe:

Stamps: Gifty Girl – MFT Stamps

Paper: White Black; Red; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Square Nestabilities; Black Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

 

Pure Innocence!

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.

Today I have pleasure in sharing with you stamps from the new “Pure Innocence” range that are being released by MFT Stamps this coming Wednesday 4th November. I am just loving these new stamps and I hope you will too!

For my first card i used the new “Flower Girl” set and created an easel card. Isn’t she just a cutie!!!!!! I paper pieced the girls top and pants using the reverse side of the designer paper that I used for my card.

For my second card I used the new “Snow Day” set, she looks like she could be getting into mischief with all those snowballs in her hands hehe, maybe she is preparing for a snowball fight.

Some of my fellow MFT Design Team members have also got some samples using the new Pure Innocence range on their blogs today, so you might want to check them out too.

• Amy Sheffer
• Barbara Anders
• Christina Fischer
• Cindy Haffner
• Jessica Rone
• Joanne Basile
• Jody Morrow
• Kathy Daume'
• Kim van der Sanden
• Kirsten DuBosque
• Michele Boyer
• Natalie Dever
• Susan Liles
• Guest Designer- Melody Rupple.

Recipe:
Stamps: Flower Girl & Snow Day - MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Orange; Blue; Pink; DP – Kaisercraft & Unknown
Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Fancy Tags; Snow Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Glitter Glue; Oval Punches; Grosgrain Ribbon; Button; Foam Tape; Copics

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